With a 36-11-8 record and 80 standings points through 55 games, the Capitals are the top team in the Eastern Conference and ...

Niklas Backstrom is heading back to Finland after signing a one-year deal with Finland’s HIFK. Backstrom had a fitting end to his NHL career with a brilliant performance in his final game ...

Nicklas Backstrom was ruled ineligible to play in the Olympic gold medal game for a failed drug test. Six months later, Backstrom finally received the silver medal he should have got in Sochi.

He even sent a good-natured “chirp” at goaltending coach Niklas Backstrom, which made head coach Dean Evason chuckle. “It’s pretty cool, right?” Evason said. “He’s chirping ...

Let’s talk about the often forgotten, always in the shadows, perennially underrated Robin to Ovechkin’s Batman: Nicklas Backstrom. With that description, who would be a good comparison for ...

While the Minnesota Twins are off to a slow start (record wise and offensive wise), the Minnesota Wild are heating up at the right time. Tonight’s 3-1 victory over Calgary (who was 6-1 ...

International Falls native Bob Mason recently concluded his sixth season as the goalie coach for the Minnesota Wild. He kept his answer pretty simple when commenting on why the Wild didn’t ...

The first team included forwards Marian Gaborik, Kirill Kaprizov, and Mikko Koivu, defensemen Jonas Brodin and Jared Spurgeon, and goaltender Niklas Backstrom. Gaborik is the Wild's all-time ...

He even sent a good-natured “chirp” at goaltending coach Niklas Backstrom, which made head coach Dean Evason chuckle. “It’s pretty cool, right?” Evason said. “He’s chirping (Backstrom) about which end ...